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Obama has won twice now. He RAN on raising taxes AND spending gobs of money we don't have. The public approve of him. Worse, the public not only like him, they WANT to continue to like him and give him every benefit of the doubt. The American public is primed to blame Republicans if their taxes go up, and all the GOP feels it can really do now is avoid a catastrophic political defeat. The American people are simply NOT with us.

Correction, much less than half of the voting public voted Obama into office.

Many millions of eligible voters did not vote for President this election cycle.

If the GOP want's to win elections in the future, it will have to field candidates that are actually conservative and whose record isn't as left-wing as every current Democrat Senator such as Mitt Romney's was with his implementation of Gay Marriage, his support for the Gay Agenda, his support for Abortion, his support for Global Warming, his total lack of limited government credentials where his record is concerned, his repudation of Reagan, and his total inability to communicate conservative ideals.

The GOP and Independents are waiting for the GOP-E to quit playing games, close the primaries and nominate conservatives (Fiscal, Social, and Military) for a change, then our party has a fighting chance, NOT with crappy candidates like Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Bob Dole, and half-conservatives like GWB. These are the type of candidates who long-term destroy our party.

Many millions of eligible voters did not vote for President this election cycle.

If the GOP want's to win elections in the future, it will have to field candidates that are actually conservative....

I wish what you say were true, I really do. Unfortunately, your theory doesn't really add up. Those people that don't vote tend to be what pollsters just refer to as "adults". And that population of non voting folks tend to support Obama and the Democrats even more than the people who turned out. Infact "adults" who don't actually vote are Obama's most supportive demographic.

Just being more conservative is not going to win elections for us. I know a lot of people want to hang on to that bit of wishful thinking, but there is no actual evidence that is true. It's going to take more than just being more pure. We are going to need excellent candidates that stand for big things. My guess is the party will emphasize fiscal/economic issues and move away from discussing social issues.

There just isn't a silent majority of decent, traditional Americans to rise up and fight the left anymore. There are some of us, sure, but we are no longer a majority.